Sore On Mouth During Seroconversion

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Apthous Mouth sores (Canker Soars)

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I have been getting several Apthous mouth sores the last month. I got 2 in the last 4 weeks and I am going crazy!! I have a negative elisa at 5 months. I had protected sex with a prostitute in Cancun... Am I seroconverting? I am also getting... Read more »

Soreness - after seroconversion

Posted by Anonymous

Are there any symptoms after sero conversion? Sore neck? Sore lymph nodes? or is there really no symptoms after seroconversion?

Jackie? Anyone?

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Sore Throat and Mouth Sores the Recur

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello would anybody have some insight for me, I had an exposure to HIV 9 months ago. Tested negative to HIV 1/2. The exposure came from a women from sex worker from korea, since then I just haven't felt right. Lots of strange symptoms. So I... Read more »

ARS / Seroconversion

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I know the difference. I have a few questions though. I know the possible symptoms of ARS. Does Seroconversion have any possible symptoms? I have heard that during seroconversion or early post-seroconversion patients can have symptoms. Is... Read more »

seroconversion question

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I recently had an incident of deep kissing & receiving unprotected oral sex from a girl of unknown but questionable
status. After a week I felt lousy with a few symptoms but 7 weeks later on my mouth seems very dry & my spit hardly noticable.... Read more »

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Sore throat & coughing - sign of seroconversion?

Hi Rick 5 weeks after a relatively low risk act (receiving oral sex from a prostitute with a condom) I developed a very sore throat and a cough. The cough is not dry, ie there is a far amount of sputum. This has lasted for about a week. I have not...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question and compliments.If you read some of my previous responses to other questions, you will notethat if you were only receiving oral sex while using a condom, your risks ofinfection are extremely low. That would make it... Read more »

Treatment before seroconversion

Is there any point in beginning treatment during the flu-like symptoms of the acute phase? Although my ELISA came back negative, I have night sweats, fever, headache, dry cough, and sores in the mouth. Thank you for any guidance you can provide....

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.A negative ELISA helps in terms of diagnosis of acute HIV infection, but I'd want to see confirmation of HIV infection (namely, a positive HIV RNA PCR -- viral load) and not just symptoms before I'd even remotely... Read more »

Delayed seroconversion

Dear Doctor, I request you to answer the question even though it may sound repetitive. Im a homosexual male whose only exposure was unprotected oral sex with another guy. i was the one giving the oral sex. Now i do not know the hiv or hep c status...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Whenever I make the decision to offer HIV or HCV testing, I usually carry that out to the recommended time interval of six months. However, this is just to capture the small minority of patients who seroconvert later. You are probably already... Read more »

Exactly what can I do to avoid seroconversion?

My partner is HIV positive and I am negative. What preventive steps can I take to avoid seroconverting? How effective are these steps? A list of preventive measures would be extremely helpful. Thank you....

Response from Robert H. Remien, Ph.D.

Columbia University

I encourage you to spend some time on the "Safe Sex, Prevention and Transmission" forum of this website. Ryan Kull is doing an excellent of job of answering a wide range of questions about risk of transmission of HIV and other STIs. Here... Read more »

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